[ubuntu-studio-users] Update question, untrusted packages

[Pete Wright]

Thanks, all.
I didn't think I had any unsupported ppa but I am wracking my puny brain to
see what it might be (thought it was the chromium, but I guess not).
I will mess about and report back later.
grins
Pete


On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 2:33 PM, Mike Holstein <mikeh789 at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 3:53 PM, Pete Wright <pnwright at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Today's update is telling me that to update it will have to install
>> "untrusted packages" and download from "unauthenticated" sources.
>> The list looks like the usual suspects.
>> On a scale of 1 to 5 how worried should I be (where 1 is flat-out
>> paranoia and 5 is fuggeddaboudid)?
>> Pete (constantly being reborn as a newbie because stuff keeps changing
>> out from under me)
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> the short answer is like this.. PPA's and unsupported packages and sources
> are just that.. unsupported. if you trust the creator/maintainer of these
> packages and/or sources, then you can trust them. i use PPA's to add
> packages routinely, but i do read and understand the risks involved. no one
> here can tell you if the sources you have added are trustworthy... if you
> are having "issues", consider purging the ppa's you have added and get the
> system stable and go from there.. cheers!
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